Dr. F. Don Parsa was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Hawai’i Medical Association at the recent Ola Pono ‘Ike Medical Gala 2016. Please enjoy Dr. Parsa’s “6 Rules of the Heart” that he has been teaching for almost 40 years.

Three hundred people representing several generations of surgeons in Hawaiʻi paid tribute last week to a transformative medical practitioner and leader who dedicated 16 years to the University of Hawaiʻi as surgery chair for the John A. Burns School of Medicine—Dr. Thomas J. Whelan, Jr.

The Thomas Whelan Gala provided palpable evidence that much of the late Dr. Whelan lives on in the skill, the dedication and even the keen senses of humor to be found among the top-notch Hawaiʻi surgeons who learned their profession at Whelan’s side.